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/**
* Contains useful helper methods for classes within this package.
*
* @author John Keyes (john at integralsource.com)
* @version $Revision: 680644 $, $Date: 2008-07-29 01:13:48 -0700 (Tue, 29 Jul 2008) $
*/
class Util
{
/**
* Remove the hyphens from the begining of str and
* return the new String.
*
* @param str The string from which the hyphens should be removed.
*
* @return the new String.
*/
static String stripLeadingHyphens(String str)
{
if (str == null)
{
return null;
}
if (str.startsWith("--"))
{
return str.substring(2, str.length());
}
else if (str.startsWith("-"))
{
return str.substring(1, str.length());
}
return str;
}
}